BP Shipping Limited
Registered name: BP SHIPPING LIMITED
Part of BP P.L.C. groupBP Shipping Limited made £1.2bn revenue and £143m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
BP Shipping Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £1.2bn in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £143m profit. The company is classified under “sea and coastal freight water transport” and is based in Middlesex; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Middlesex
- Age
- 111 yrs · since 1915
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.4bn | £1.2bn |
| Cost of sales | −£1.2bn | −£1.1bn |
| Gross profit | £202m | £145m |
| Operating profit | £137m | £94.4m |
| Profit before tax | £190m | £143m |
| Profit after tax | £190m | £143m |
| Profit (best available) | £190m | £143m |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 13.3% | 11.6% |
| Gross margin | 14.1% | 11.7% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 11.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- —
- Now —
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- BP P.L.C.ultimate parent75–100%
- BP International Limited75–100%
- BP Shipping Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (22)
- BP (Abu Dhabi) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Alternative Energy Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Australia Swaps Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Capital Markets P.L.C.Figures not disclosed
- BP Chemicals LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Corporate Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Exploration Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Finance P.L.CFigures not disclosed
- BP Gas & Power Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Gas Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Oil International LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Oil UK LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Oil Yemen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Pension Escrow LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Russian Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP Secretaries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BP South America Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- BP Technology Ventures LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannic Energy Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannic Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannic Strategies LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Britannic Trading LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £143m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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